And some people question whether it is wise to rebuild in an area that could easily flood again.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

This raises the question whether it is possible to transform politics to replace enmity and factional conflict with friendship to replace conflict with harmony?

这就产生了一个问题,是否有可能转变政治，以友谊,取代敌对与派系冲突,以和谐取代冲突？

耶鲁公开课 - 政治哲学导论课程节选

If something is good just because it is pleasurable, what does it matter whether you have sort of an abstract idea of whether it is good by someone else's sense or not?

既然令人喜爱的事物就是好的，那么何必在乎,别人对它的感受如何，这般抽象的观念呢？

耶鲁公开课 - 公正课程节选

They need to be independent," "They need to have full vested powers that are given them, whether it is of investigation or prosecution.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

I've read a lot of research in this area about the importance of quiet times whether it's in a class, in a lecture, whether it is at home, whether it is for a leader in the business, for relationship, for children starting from pre-schools.

关于安静时刻的重要性，无论是课堂里，讲座里，还是家中，无论是对公司领导，爱情关系，甚至学龄前儿童。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

A presidential task force has been reviewing the restructuring plans of both companies to determine whether it is realistic for them to continue operating.

VOA: standard.2009.03.30

And then, of course, not just whether the reaction will occur but, how fast it occurs is really important.

当然，我们不光要研究一个反应会不会发生,反应速率多块也是很重要的研究问题。

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

Speaking to al-Jazeera television, Ocampo said the destiny of Omar al-Bashir is to face charges whether it is in two years or 20 years.

VOA: standard.2009.07.06

Since what we want to know is whether the soul is immortal, how do we know it can't break.

既然我们想知道,灵魂是否不朽，我们怎么知道它会不会破裂呢。

耶鲁公开课 - 死亡课程节选

But he says whether it is Washington, the European Union or the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, others must also engage with Burma's opposition parties.

VOA: standard.2009.09.24

Of course, it's contested whether or not there is really any merit in talking about texts that way.

当然也有人质疑,那样去谈论一部作品是否真有必要。

耶鲁公开课 - 文学理论导论课程节选

"And that is why we are always looking at the impact of food aid on local markets and whether it is depressing prices in local markets."

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

It's nothingness that is the mystical state rather than everythingness. And it's interesting to think about whether those two are really opposites.

虚无比万事万物更为是神秘,很有趣的是，想一下,这两个是否真的相反。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

"We are concerned about two aspects of the character, whether it is the material character, that is,you build or you construct something, or the spiritual character."

VOA: standard.2010.08.05

And all of that is coming out of the heat of reaction, whether it's positive or negative.

所有这些都来源于反应热,它可以是正的或负的。

麻省理工公开课 - 热力学与动力学课程节选

Whether it is intended or not, the missile launches serve as an implicit reminder to South Korea of the North's ability to inflict massive damage on very short notice.

VOA: standard.2009.10.13

since all the information is in the current price, you don't have to worry about whether it went up or down yesterday, to decide what it's going to do today.

因为当前价格代表了所有信息，你就不需要去考虑昨天股价,是涨了还是跌了，再去判断它今天的价格会怎么变化。

麻省理工公开课 - 计算机科学及编程导论课程节选

This is perception, whether it is true or not." Even within the government, concerns were raised by some ministers about the targeting of Saylan, especially during the final days of her life.

VOA: standard.2009.05.20

Whether this dialogue is actual or internal, it doesn't really matter.

这语言是真实的抑或是没有说出的都无关紧要了。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

"Or whether it is really even a wave." Hawkings says Democrats say there is no upcoming Republican "wave" which will sweep scores of them from office, pointing to a special election for the U.S.House seat for the late Congressman John Murtha of Pennsylvania.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19

It's instead outside of them and, by convention, at the top of the file so that I can access it anywhere, whether or not this is a good thing, remains to be seen.

它在函数的外面，按照惯例，在文件的顶端，所以我可以在任何地方使用它,不管这是不是好事情，拭目以待。

哈佛公开课 - 计算机科学课程节选

And,that it applies universally, it doesnt matter what ones faith is, it doesnt matter whether its a man or a woman.

VOA: special.2010.02.24

We want to figure out if the harmony is changing, and if it is changing whether it's changing at a regular or irregular rate.

一是判断和声是否发生了变化，二是如果发生了变化，和声的变化频率是规则还是不规则的。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Instead,it will be based on a simple principle: whether a state is ready to do what works.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

But whether that's an aberration, or that it's a new trend is still too early to say right now whether we're a new growing trend or not.

但究竟这是意外现象，还是一股新趋势,要下定论现在还为时尚早,我们还无法确定这是不是新趋势。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

The first,and perhaps most important, is whether to bury the body or cremate it.

VOA: special.2009.12.11

There has been, over the years a lot of turf battles between the SEC and the CFTC because it's sometimes unclear whether something is a security or a futures.

历年来,证券交易委员会和期货交易委员会的领域战争层出不穷,因为有时候很难说,一个东西究竟是证券还是期货。

耶鲁公开课 - 金融市场课程节选

"I believe it is not only possible, but in fact easier to do this without deciding the legal question of whether these states have ever been out of the Union.

VOA: special.2009.12.31

Well that process of control to maintain a constant environment inside our body, whether it's an environment of constant mass or constant composition, or constant temperature, is called homeostasis.

这个控制过程维持着,体内环境的恒定,不论是内环境中物质的量的稳定,或者成分的稳定,或温度的稳定,这种状态叫做内稳态

耶鲁公开课 - 生物医学工程探索课程节选

It just turns out to be wrong but another way-- And so one way to attack and address a scientific theory is to view it as just to see whether or not it works.

但最终被证明是错误的-,评判一个理论,是否属于科学理论的另一种情况,就是看它是否成功的进行了预测。

耶鲁公开课 - 心理学导论课程节选